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US Cop Who Joked About Indian's Death Says Comments Taken Out Of Context
The Seattle Police Officers' Guild on Friday came out in defence of its official, who was found making insensitive comments after the death of Indian student Jaahnavi Kandula early this year.
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Marina Yankina: 5 Points On Vladimir Putin's Ally
A high-ranking Russian defence official has died after falling from a window of a building in St Petersburg. The Russian Investigative Committee confirmed Marina Yankina's death and is leading the probe into her fatal fall.
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J&K Bank Suspends Employee For 'Inappropriate' Emoji On Gen Rawat's Death
Jammu and Kashmir Bank has placed a woman employee under suspension for her "inappropriate" reaction to a social media post on the Chief of Defence Staff's death, officials said on Friday.
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For Remarks Against General Bipin Rawat, Gujarat Man Arrested
A 44-year-old man in Gujarat, who had allegedly made derogatory remarks on his Facebook page about the death of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, was arrested by the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Cell on Thursday, officials said.
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State Funeral For Pranab Mukherjee, PM, Rahul Gandhi Pay Last Respects
Pranab Mukherjee's funeral took place today with full military honours. The former President, who had tested positive for the coronavirus, died on Monday, weeks after his brain surgery. He was 84.
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Livid Over Procurement Delay, George Fernandes Once Sent 2 Officials To Siachen
George Fernandes, as defence minister, once sent two senior bureaucrats of his ministry to Siachen glacier when he came to know that they had held back a file on purchase of snow bikes for soldiers deployed at the world's highest battle field.
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Induct Manual Scavengers In Civil Defence: Arvind Kejriwal
Taking a serious view of the recent deaths of manual scavengers in the city, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday directed the officials to identify the persons engaged in manual scavenging and rehabilitate them in Civil Defence corps.
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Taliban Chief Who Ordered Hit On Malala Yousafzai Killed In US Strike
Maulana Fazlullah, the dreaded chief of Pakistani Taliban, has been killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan's restive Kunar province, an Afghan defence ministry official said today.
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Kerala Soldier Who Died In Bengal Did Not Have Nipah, Says Medical Test
The fluid samples of a soldier, who died in Kolkata, days after returning from his hometown in Kerala, have tested "negative" for Nipah virus infection, a defence official said today.
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"Proves India's Stand": Nirmala Sitharaman On Nawaz Sharif's 26/11 Remark
Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's statement on the 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai vindicated India's stand. Mr Sharif has appeared to admit that the 26/11 attack, which resulted in the deaths of 166 people nearly a decade ago, had been carried out by terrorists from Pakistan.
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Death Toll Rises To 50 In Afghanistan's Kandahar Airport Siege: Officials
The death toll from a 27-hour Taliban siege of Kandahar airport has jumped to 50, Afghan officials said today, after a conference in Pakistan shored up international support for reviving peace talks.
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Soldier Slips to Death on Line of Control
An Indian soldier, deployed on the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, on Sunday slipped and fell to his death into a gorge, a defence official said.
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3 US Contractors Killed in Afghan Shooting: Officials
US defence officials say three American contractors were shot to death by a gunman in the Afghan capital of Kabul.
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Mexican Officials Say Suspects Were Not Executed
Mexican prosecutors said their investigation into the shooting deaths of 22 suspected criminals at a warehouse last month has found that none of the people were shot at close range.
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Philippine typhoon death toll rising by eight daily
Relief teams are still finding eight to 10 dead bodies a day, more than a month after Super Typhoon Haiyan ravaged the central Philippines, a civil defence official said today.
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US Cop Who Joked About Indian's Death Says Comments Taken Out Of Context
The Seattle Police Officers' Guild on Friday came out in defence of its official, who was found making insensitive comments after the death of Indian student Jaahnavi Kandula early this year.
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Marina Yankina: 5 Points On Vladimir Putin's Ally
A high-ranking Russian defence official has died after falling from a window of a building in St Petersburg. The Russian Investigative Committee confirmed Marina Yankina's death and is leading the probe into her fatal fall.
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J&K Bank Suspends Employee For 'Inappropriate' Emoji On Gen Rawat's Death
Jammu and Kashmir Bank has placed a woman employee under suspension for her "inappropriate" reaction to a social media post on the Chief of Defence Staff's death, officials said on Friday.
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For Remarks Against General Bipin Rawat, Gujarat Man Arrested
A 44-year-old man in Gujarat, who had allegedly made derogatory remarks on his Facebook page about the death of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, was arrested by the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Cell on Thursday, officials said.
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State Funeral For Pranab Mukherjee, PM, Rahul Gandhi Pay Last Respects
Pranab Mukherjee's funeral took place today with full military honours. The former President, who had tested positive for the coronavirus, died on Monday, weeks after his brain surgery. He was 84.
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Livid Over Procurement Delay, George Fernandes Once Sent 2 Officials To Siachen
George Fernandes, as defence minister, once sent two senior bureaucrats of his ministry to Siachen glacier when he came to know that they had held back a file on purchase of snow bikes for soldiers deployed at the world's highest battle field.
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Induct Manual Scavengers In Civil Defence: Arvind Kejriwal
Taking a serious view of the recent deaths of manual scavengers in the city, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday directed the officials to identify the persons engaged in manual scavenging and rehabilitate them in Civil Defence corps.
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Taliban Chief Who Ordered Hit On Malala Yousafzai Killed In US Strike
Maulana Fazlullah, the dreaded chief of Pakistani Taliban, has been killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan's restive Kunar province, an Afghan defence ministry official said today.
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Kerala Soldier Who Died In Bengal Did Not Have Nipah, Says Medical Test
The fluid samples of a soldier, who died in Kolkata, days after returning from his hometown in Kerala, have tested "negative" for Nipah virus infection, a defence official said today.
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"Proves India's Stand": Nirmala Sitharaman On Nawaz Sharif's 26/11 Remark
Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's statement on the 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai vindicated India's stand. Mr Sharif has appeared to admit that the 26/11 attack, which resulted in the deaths of 166 people nearly a decade ago, had been carried out by terrorists from Pakistan.
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Death Toll Rises To 50 In Afghanistan's Kandahar Airport Siege: Officials
The death toll from a 27-hour Taliban siege of Kandahar airport has jumped to 50, Afghan officials said today, after a conference in Pakistan shored up international support for reviving peace talks.
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Soldier Slips to Death on Line of Control
An Indian soldier, deployed on the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, on Sunday slipped and fell to his death into a gorge, a defence official said.
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3 US Contractors Killed in Afghan Shooting: Officials
US defence officials say three American contractors were shot to death by a gunman in the Afghan capital of Kabul.
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Mexican Officials Say Suspects Were Not Executed
Mexican prosecutors said their investigation into the shooting deaths of 22 suspected criminals at a warehouse last month has found that none of the people were shot at close range.
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Philippine typhoon death toll rising by eight daily
Relief teams are still finding eight to 10 dead bodies a day, more than a month after Super Typhoon Haiyan ravaged the central Philippines, a civil defence official said today.
